The Accidental Pact: How A Missile Strike On Qatar Redefined US Regional Strategy By Uriel Araujo Trump’s unprecedented military guarantee to Qatar caught analysts off guard. What began as a reactive move to an Israeli strike could now reshape US relations… Read More ›
Israel’s Reported Transfer Of US Patriots To Ukraine Won’t Significantly Change Anything By Andrew Korybko It would be regrettable from Russia’s perspective but not surprising if true. Zelensky claimed in late September that “The Israeli system has been operating in Ukraine for a… Read More ›
Interpreting Pakistan’s Support For Trump’s Gaza Peace Plan By Andrew Korybko Pakistani-US ties are on the cusp of a renaissance that could restore their Old Cold War-era “golden age” of relations provided that they remain on track as expected. Trump’s claim that “the… Read More ›
From Mirage To Mayhem: Trump’s Gaza Vision vs. The “Greater Israel” Agenda By Uriel Araujo Beneath the talk of hostages and ceasefires lies a bid for control of Gaza’s untapped gas. Trump’s plan pits Washington’s energy ambitions against Israel’s Greater Israel… Read More ›
The Saudi-Pak Mutual Defence Pact Is Mostly Symbolic For Soft Power’s Sake By Andrew Korybko Both want to “save face” after Israel’s attack on Qatar and remind fellow Muslims about the importance of more intra-Ummah military-technical cooperation, not set the stage… Read More ›
Iran’s Mass Expulsion Of Afghans Poses A Dilemma For Many Of Its Supporters By Andrew Korybko Most of them are opposed to the expulsion of any illegal immigrants, yet self-censoring their criticism of Iran’s policy discredits their criticisms of Trump’s similar… Read More ›
Modi’s India And The Caribbean By Sheikh Imran N. Hosein As Trinidad and Tobago welcomes India’s Prime Minister, while seeking to better understand, and to respond, to what now clearly appears to be the bold embrace of a new actor… Read More ›
Five Reasons Why Iran And Israel Agreed To A Ceasefire By Andrew Korybko Nobody saw it coming. Iran and Israel surprised the world by agreeing to a ceasefire precisely at the point when most observers expected their war to spiral out of control…. Read More ›
US Intervention In Iran-Israel Conflict Can Destroy Trump’s “MAGA”, And Trigger An American Recession By Uriel Araujo Escalating Iran-Israel tensions with Washington embarking on the war expected to disrupt the Strait of Hormuz, spiking oil prices, and destabilizing the US dollar,… Read More ›
Trump Let Himself Be Led By Israel Into Bombing Iran By Andrew Korybko Bibi, other members of the Israeli government, and anti-Iranian hawks within Trump’s own convinced him that a window of opportunity has opened up to knock Iran out of… Read More ›
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